How a penniless European prince became the longest serving royal consort

The cinematic evolution of the countryside sends out a social message

Hindi films and the eternal romance of snow

And don’t go away with a goodbye

Soumitra Chatterjee became every character he played

Tantric approaches to a misinterpreted goddess

Will there be an Indian Shtisel one day?

Retirement and the thrill of a new beginning

Smelling my way through a cultural maze

The Gothic film and rural India’s struggle with modernity

CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…